Well, I admit it - I spent 20 minutes reading the audio asylum "tubes" forum... and I couldn't wait to get back here. I've never seen more pointless, ludicrous posts in my life. It's nothing but "How do square getters sound in late-model amperex tubes?"
Idiots.
Their "SET" asylum is even worse, if you can believe it. It's a bunch of dentists debating whose $12,000.00 monoblock has a wider "soundstage".
Anyway, although I have disagreements here, at least the substance level is generally very high.
Idiots.
Their "SET" asylum is even worse, if you can believe it. It's a bunch of dentists debating whose $12,000.00 monoblock has a wider "soundstage".
Anyway, although I have disagreements here, at least the substance level is generally very high.
On the other hand, just as on any forum, one needs to separate the wheat from the chaff. There are certainly folks on the SET forum, such as groverg and dave slagle, that have vast amounts of experience and knowledge with regard to the subject, perhaps even more so, dare I say, than several of the frequent posters here.
My dos centavos - Pat
My dos centavos - Pat
Asylum
More like Dave's power supply ! I know what you mean about the tubes asylum , I drop in there occasionally , too many knobheads . Far worse going in to insanity levels is the ridiculousness of the Hong Kong Tube Audio club . Over there it's not just the getter shape but colour of print , box (!!) , factory , person who made it , where they lived , their inside leg measurement , what they ate the day the tube was made and the complete history of the manufacturer going back to when they made lightbulbs in 1896 . I'm sure MSG rots your brain .
316a
More like Dave's power supply ! I know what you mean about the tubes asylum , I drop in there occasionally , too many knobheads . Far worse going in to insanity levels is the ridiculousness of the Hong Kong Tube Audio club . Over there it's not just the getter shape but colour of print , box (!!) , factory , person who made it , where they lived , their inside leg measurement , what they ate the day the tube was made and the complete history of the manufacturer going back to when they made lightbulbs in 1896 . I'm sure MSG rots your brain .
316a
Re: 7N7
I hadn't been there for quite a while, and when I did post something, I received one or two nice messages saying "welcome back" etc.
So I got stuck in, but after a short period of "Tube rollers", "What colour print?" "Can I plug in a 12AX7 into a 12AU7 socket", 6189 vs smooth plate/short plate/d-getter/ribbed plate" and all that bollocks I got fed up. There is a longish thread from early in January headed "Last Chance Saloon" where I said I was off. And as a parting shot I really laid into ECC81/12AT7 and ECC82/12AU7 saying "why all the fuss? These are not good valves."
This attracted a considerable stream of vitriolic comment about how crappy a 7N7 is and why was I always recommending them (I didn't and haven't). There were one or two supportive comments, it's true, but really the most frustrating thing is the endless repetition of the same old question "Which 12AU7?"
Arrrrgh
I agree that Tubes DIY is much better, but this forum is streets ahead and I am jolly glad I have found it.
Regards to all (even including the 12AU7 users
)
7N7
316a said:
I hadn't been there for quite a while, and when I did post something, I received one or two nice messages saying "welcome back" etc.
So I got stuck in, but after a short period of "Tube rollers", "What colour print?" "Can I plug in a 12AX7 into a 12AU7 socket", 6189 vs smooth plate/short plate/d-getter/ribbed plate" and all that bollocks I got fed up. There is a longish thread from early in January headed "Last Chance Saloon" where I said I was off. And as a parting shot I really laid into ECC81/12AT7 and ECC82/12AU7 saying "why all the fuss? These are not good valves."
This attracted a considerable stream of vitriolic comment about how crappy a 7N7 is and why was I always recommending them (I didn't and haven't). There were one or two supportive comments, it's true, but really the most frustrating thing is the endless repetition of the same old question "Which 12AU7?"
Arrrrgh
I agree that Tubes DIY is much better, but this forum is streets ahead and I am jolly glad I have found it.
Regards to all (even including the 12AU7 users
)7N7
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